ID: 3722
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1949
Finnbogi Þorkelsson was born on March 13, 1865 in Strandasýsla. He died in Gimli, Manitoba on August 13, 1949.
Spouse: Karólína Guðrún Arngrímsdóttir b. 1878 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. November 24, 1934.
Children: 1. Bjarndís b. 1891 2. Guðbjartur b. 1894 3. Ingveldur b. 1896. Karólína had a son, Lúðvík Astor Sigurðsson, b. September 8, 1901.
They came west to Manitoba from Ólafsvík in 1904 and first lived in Winnipeg. They later moved to Hayland on the northern end of Lake Manitoba.